If you believe you’re a distant descendant of a “lost tribe of Israel” and want to reconnect to this ancient past, all you have to do is go online — where you’ll now find a detailed course on the ...

A number of ancient settlement sites were recently discovered in the Amazon’s Upper Tapajós Basin. This is no El Dorado – although you’d be forgiven for thinking so. The press coverage demonstrates a ...

In the Bible, the Land of Israel was divided into twelve areas, one for each tribe (except for the priestly tribe of Levi) . But 2,700 years ago, ten of the twelve tribes were lost, exiled by invading ...

The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel have fascinated historians, theologians, and explorers for centuries. After the Assyrian conquest of the northern kingdom of Israel in 722 BCE, these tribes were said to ...

In Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Brazil, Haiti, Namibia and Guadeloupe By Riccardo Orizio Free Press. 270 pp. $25 One of the odder legacies of imperialism and colonialism is the enduring fascination with which ...

A missing Texas woman found living with the self-proclaimed leaders of a lost “African” tribe in a Scottish forest insists she is there by her own free will, despite her family’s fears she is lost to ...

Israelis will go to the polls on Jan. 22 to elect a new parliament and, by extension, government – an event that has so far attracted relatively little international attention. Understandably so: ...